COLD SPRING HARBOR ROWING ASSOCIATION, INC.
FACT SHEET

Purpose:

The Cold Spring Harbor Rowing Association (CSHRA) is organized exclusively to promote and facilitate rowing for the Cold Spring Harbor School District, maintain facilities and equipment, promote good sportsmanship and conduct fund-raising.

How we work:

The CSHRA works in a public/private partnership with the Cold Spring Harbor School District.
  • The school district supports the crew team’s spring season, primarily by paying for the coaches’ salaries.  It also contributes to the CSHRA’s expenses, particularly the fees required by the Eagle Dock Foundation for use of their facilities on Shore Road in Cold Spring Harbor from which the team practices.  The school district also provides bus transportation to local regattas. 
  • The CSHRA raises money (through fees, contributions and fundraising) to support all other activities of the team.  This includes:
                - Paying costs associated with purchasing, operating, maintaining and insuring  the equipment used by the team;
                - Organizing parent participation in logistical support (food, hotel arrangements, etc.) required for team regattas;
                - Paying regatta entrance fees; and
                - Underwriting the coaching and other costs of fall and summer rowing programs.
  • Through its fundraising efforts, the CSHRA has:
                - Purchased and owns the boats, oars, and other equipment used by the crew team;
                - Entered into a license agreement with Eagle Dock Foundation to permit the team to be based out of Eagle Dock beach; and
                - Constructed a boathouse at Eagle Dock Beach, which houses the equipment.
 

How We’re Organized & Governed:

The CSHRA is:
  •  A not-for profit corporation established under the Not-for Profit Corporation Law of the State of New York.
  •  Recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a public charity exempt from federal and state taxes. 
  • Governed by a volunteer Board of Directors composed of parents of the crew team of Cold Spring Harbor High School.